And now it came to pass that when Jesus had told these things, he expounded them unto the multitude:; and he did expound all things unto them, both great and small.
And he saith,: These Sscriptures, which ye had not with you, the Father commanded that I should give unto you:; for it was wisdom in him that they should be given unto future generations.
And he did expound all things, even from the beginning until the time that he should come in his glory; —yea, even all things which should come upon the face of the earth, even until the elements should melt with fervent heat, and the earth should be wrapt together as a scroll, and the heavens and the earth should pass away;
aAnd even unto the great and last day, when all people, and all kindreds, and all nations and tongues shall stand before God, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil:—
iIf they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation,; being on a parallel, the one on the one hand, and the other on the other hand, according to the mercy, and the justice, and the holiness which is in Christ, whicho was before the world began.
And now there cannot be written in this book, even a hundredth part of the things which Jesus did truly teach unto the people;
bBut behold the plates of Nephi do contain the more part of the things which he taught the people;.
aAnd these things have I written, which are a lesser part of the things which he taught the people; and I have wroitten them to the intent that they may be brought again unto this people, from the Gentiles, according to the words which Jesus hath spoken.—
And when they shall have received this, which is expedient that they should have first, to try their faith:, Aand if it shall so be that they shall believe these things, then shall the greater things be made manifest unto them.
And if it so be that they will not believe these things, then shall the greater things be withheld from them, unto their condemnation.
Behold, I wereas about to write them, all which were engraven upon the plates of Nephi, but the Lord forbiade it, saying,: I will try the faith of my people;.
tTherefore I, Mormon, do write the things which have been commanded me of the Lord. And now I, Mormon, make an end of my sayings, and proceed to write the things which have been commanded me;.
tTherefore, I would that ye should behold that the Lord truly did teach the people, for the space of three days; and after that, he did sheow himself unto them oft, and did break bread oft, and bless it, and give it unto them.
And it came to pass that he did teach and minister unto the children of the multitude of whom hath been spoken, and he did loose their tongues, and they did speak unto their fathers great and marvellous things, even greater than he had revealed unto the people,; and he loosed their tongues that they could utter.
And it came to pass that after he had ascended into Hheaven —the second time that he sheowed himself unto them, and had gone unto the Father, after having healed all their sick, and their lame, and opened the eyes of their blind, and unstopped the ears of the deaf, and even had done all manner of cures among them, and raised a man from the dead, and had sheown forth his power unto them, and had ascended unto the Father,—
bBehold, it came to pass on the morrow, that the multitude gathered themselves together, and they both saw and heard these children; yea, even babes did open their mouths, and utter marvellous things; and the things which they did utter were forbidden, that there should not any man write them.
And it came to pass that the disciples whom Jesus had chosen, began from that time forth to baptize and to teach as many as did come unto them; and as many as were baptized in the name of Jesus, were filled with the Holy Ghost.
And many of them saw and heard unspeakable things, which are not lawful to be written;.
aAnd they taught, and did minister one to another; and they had all things common among them, every man dealing justly, one with another.
And it came to pass that they did do all things, even as Jesus had commanded them.
And they whicho were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.
Influences
- 26:3 — Matthew 25:31 (KJV)When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- 26:3 — 2 Peter 3:12 (KJV)Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
- 26:3 — Revelation 6:14 (KJV)And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- 26:3 — Revelation 21:1 (KJV)And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
- 26:4 — Revelation 11:9 (KJV)And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
- 26:4 — Revelation 20:12 (KJV)And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- 26:4 — Revelation 20:12 (KJV)And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- 26:5 — John 5:29 (KJV)And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
- 26:5 — Acts 13:46 (KJV)Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- 26:5 — Romans 8:39 (KJV)Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 26:5 — 2 Timothy 1:9 (KJV)Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
- 26:6 — John 11:45 (KJV)Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
- 26:11 — Revelation 10:4 (KJV)And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
- 26:13 — Acts 19:8 (KJV)And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
- 26:13 — Acts 26:11 (KJV)And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
- 26:15 — Acts 2:34 (KJV)For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- 26:15 — Matthew 14:2 (KJV)And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
- 26:16 — Matthew 15:31 (KJV)Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
- 26:17 — Acts 2:4 (KJV)And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
- 26:18 — 2 Corinthians 12:4 (KJV)How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
- 26:19 — Acts 4:32 (KJV)And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.